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Not NRA. Sources are hyperlinked at the bottom. Which do you question?

• Semaphor 7y ago
  Just to take one example: The UK records violent crimes that are not violent crimes in the US. So yes, violent crimes are higher in the UK. But they’d soar in the US if they’d use the same definition.
  • jakeogh 7y ago
    Possible! Source please. Ref: https://americangunfacts.com/pdf/www-telegraph-co-uk.pdf https://americangunfacts.com/pdf/www-telegraph-co-uk.pdf "2034[1] vs 466 Violent Crimes UK vs US per 100k people" [1] The July 2009 Telegraph article says "over 2000"
    • Semaphor 7y ago
      https://blog.skepticallibertarian.com/2013/01/12/fact-checking-ben-swann-is-the-uk-really-5-times-more-violent-than-the-us/ https://blog.skepticallibertarian.com/2013/01/12/fact-checki... https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/violent-crime https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-... https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/116226/user-guide-crime-statistics.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/... (section 5.1)
      • jakeogh 7y ago
        Excellent, thank you.